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I don’t have any WOW presents for dd10?

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Marioodd · 13/12/2020 06:42

Hoping someone can help. I love reading everyone’s lists but I have no inspiration what to get my daughter. I got all her gifts out and her pile looks very sad. Does anyone have any ideas for presents or have their lists that I can look at please?
She has so far....

Little mix tickets (fingers crossed)
Converse
Echo dot
Microwave teddy thingy
Books
Watercolour paints
Board games
Bath bombs from lush
Spongebob switch game
Led strip lights
Dressing gown new pjs etc
Big versions of her favourite chocolate

She loves art but has been gifted copic markers, a light box proper paper. She already has a laptop, switch, iPad, fitbit etc.

If anyone could help that would be great

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Yellowmellow2 · 13/12/2020 19:21

@Wtfdidwedo

We don't do anything else like elves, Christmas boxes, matching pyjamas etc. But our daughters do get a decent amount of presents each. We also manage to spend whole days together playing games and going on wholesome walks. I'm not sure why people get so offended by peoples' enjoyment of gifting their children nice presents at Christmas. We haven't done presents as extended family for years now so we only spend money on our respective children. We also don't buy anything else through the year. What is the issue?
I think that’s a nice approach.

I work in a school so I guess I see at first hand the pressure people put themselves under to give their children a ‘perfect’ Christmas. There is so much anxiety generated from the fear that they might be judged in some way. We did the Santa Dash at school last week and the kids could bring a Santa hat if they wanted to. We had calls all through the day about whether little Johnny could wear antlers instead of a Santa hat or could little Jenny wear a tinsel hat. Fear from the parents that they’d somehow get it wrong. This level of anxiety feed straight to their children who then also get anxious. It’s all unnecessary.

crazyfishh · 13/12/2020 19:29

We're exactly the same as you @Wtfdidwedo apart from we do buy for young children in our extended family. I actually prefer gifting than receiving.

No expensive items come from Santa, only stocking fillers, so as far as I can see we're doing no harm in treating our DDs.

SmileyClare · 13/12/2020 19:31

I hate this trend where people need to keep quiet about the nice stuff they have in case it offends someone else

It's not that, I don't think anyone's said they're offended.

It's the fact that a mum is worried that a list of presents as long as your arm for a child that already has all the gadgets a 10 year-old could ask for (Nintendo Switch, fitbit, laptop, IPad, echo dot) is worried her presents are "rubbish".

To me that's absurd. If a 10 year-old girl doesn't think any of those presents are WOW then there's a problem.

Op has said She's spent her budget so why on earth put stress on yourself to think of more presents?

Yellowmellow2 · 13/12/2020 19:38

Exactly Smileyclare. People need to stop putting themselves under so much pressure.

Holothane · 13/12/2020 19:40

That list is lovely I’d love the chocolate the microwave thing, get her a rubic cube ifyou want a toy.

thaegumathteth · 13/12/2020 23:56

Fwiw I referred to a pile but I don't post photos or anything on social media. The kids get their Santa gifts in their stocking then the rest of the gifts are mixed up under the tree so it's not like you can look and compare but it's just for me to know u suppose.

There's nothing inherently wrong with buying a lot for your kids at Xmas or for wanting to 'wow' them.

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